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December 1947 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1947

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 25, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, ken lewis, norman saunders, pharmacy, shoulder holster, thugLeave a comment on December 1947 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October-November 1931 issue ~ cover art by Charles De Feo

October-November 1931

cover art by Charles De Feo

Posted on October 21, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anthony m. rud, b.b. fowler, bound, charles de feo, detective action stories, leopard, richard e. wormser, shoulder holsterLeave a comment on October-November 1931 issue ~ cover art by Charles De Feo

October 1955 issue

October 1955

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 12, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags dame, john d. macdonald, justice digest, richard matheson, shoulder holster, william r. coxLeave a comment on October 1955 issue

December 1937 issue

December 1937

Posted on October 9, 2024October 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags american detective fact cases, shoulder holsterLeave a comment on December 1937 issue

March 1954 issue

March 1954

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 8, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags daniel r. gilgannon, john d. carroll, shoulder holster, smashing detective stories, t.w. raines, tommygunLeave a comment on March 1954 issue

December 1945 issue

December 1945

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 5, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags edward anderson, shoulder holster, speed mystery magazine, tommygunLeave a comment on December 1945 issue

1961 Ace Double paperback original

1961 Ace Double paperback original

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 4, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags john trinian, lingerie, shoulder holsterLeave a comment on 1961 Ace Double paperback original

1975 Random House first edition

1975 Random House first edition

Crumley’s first mystery, a modern classic.

first with Montana private eye Milton Chester Milodragovitch

Posted on October 4, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, james crumley, montana fiction, private eye, shoulder holsterLeave a comment on 1975 Random House first edition

1974 Holloway House paperback original

pen name of Jopseh Gober Nazel, who wrote 60 books about the black experience in LA

first of four novels with L.A. police officer James Rhodes

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 30, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, paperback, pulpTags crime syndicate, dom gober, holloway house, police procedural, shoulder holsterLeave a comment on 1974 Holloway House paperback original

December 1943 Canadian issue

December 1943 Canadian issue

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black mask magazine, canadian pulp, d.l. champion, dale clark, ed jenkins, erle stanley gardner, frederick c. davis, julius long, shoulder holster, woman with a gunLeave a comment on December 1943 Canadian issue

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